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And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
Chapters are not sequenced since the narrative is set in God's Time. We already had come across Zedekiah earlier and now as the verse states he was set on the throne by Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. As with the lives of children of God vis-a vis nations the difference is that God does not change, so a child of God is secure come what may while there is change in fortunes of nations. This is abundantly made clear in the instances of Jeremiah and King Zedekiah. God had prepared Jeremiah for the tasks ahead while the king of Judah was a puppet to the fickle nature of the world powers.
What is statecraft but a calculated risk at best? In the King's court there must have been a faction advising Zedekiah to seek the support of Egypt to checkmate the threat from Babylon. In the Book of Isaiah we read that King Ahaz sought the help of Assyria to break the league of Samaria made with Syria. Judah did not learn the lesson and neither would they now.God had determined to chastise Judah for her manifold sins and apostasy. Her seeking help of Egypt, a broken reed would not stopthe Chaldeans from fulfilling the purpose of God. "Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem./Then came the word of theLordunto the prophet Jeremiah saying,/Thus saith theLord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land./And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire(vv.5-8)." Man without God relies on his wisdom and his diplomacy is based on the ground realities which however it may sound reasonable.
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
Chapters are not sequenced since the narrative is set in God's Time. We already had come across Zedekiah earlier and now as the verse states he was set on the throne by Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. As with the lives of children of God vis-a vis nations the difference is that God does not change, so a child of God is secure come what may while there is change in fortunes of nations. This is abundantly made clear in the instances of Jeremiah and King Zedekiah. God had prepared Jeremiah for the tasks ahead while the king of Judah was a puppet to the fickle nature of the world powers.
What is statecraft but a calculated risk at best? In the King's court there must have been a faction advising Zedekiah to seek the support of Egypt to checkmate the threat from Babylon. In the Book of Isaiah we read that King Ahaz sought the help of Assyria to break the league of Samaria made with Syria. Judah did not learn the lesson and neither would they now.God had determined to chastise Judah for her manifold sins and apostasy. Her seeking help of Egypt, a broken reed would not stopthe Chaldeans from fulfilling the purpose of God. "Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem./Then came the word of theLordunto the prophet Jeremiah saying,/Thus saith theLord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land./And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire(vv.5-8)." Man without God relies on his wisdom and his diplomacy is based on the ground realities which however it may sound reasonable.
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